22 November 2012 - Latest UK news & World news

Balls: Triple-dip recession avoided Nov 22 2012

Britain is on course to avoid being plunged into a triple-dip recession, Ed Balls has said.Read

Freud: Poor should take more risks Nov 22 2012

Poor people should be prepared to take more risks because they have the least to lose, according to the minister for welfare reform.Read

39% of lung donations from smokers Nov 22 2012

More than one in three lung transplants in the last three years have been from donors who smoked, Health Minister Earl Howe has disclosed.Read

Wind and rain bring chaos to UK Nov 22 2012

Heavy wind and rain has brought chaos to large parts of the country for a second day running, leaving hundreds of drivers stranded, thousands of homes without power and the owners of more than 100 needing to be evacuated.Read

PM demands EU civil service cuts Nov 22 2012

David Cameron has demanded billions of pounds in pay and pension cuts from the EU's pampered civil service in a show of solidarity with austerity-hit workers across Europe.Read

Grayling defiant on prisoner votes Nov 22 2012

Parliament is on a collision course with European judges after the Justice Secretary insisted it would have the final say on prisoner votes.Read

Wind and rain causes chaos on roads Nov 22 2012

Heavy wind and rain have brought chaos to large parts of the country for a second day running, leaving hundreds of drivers stranded and more than 100 homes evacuated.Read

Shot boxer Camacho 'brain dead' Nov 22 2012

Puerto Rican ex-boxing world champion Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors have said.Read

Rome stabbing fan seriously injured Nov 22 2012

An English fan has been stabbed and is in a serious condition in hospital after a gang of 50 armed Italian hooligans stormed a bar and attacked a group of Tottenham supporters.Read

McAlpine agrees ITV/Schofield deal Nov 22 2012

Lord McAlpine has reached a £125,000 settlement with ITV and Phillip Schofield as his lawyers confirmed they will continue to pursue damages from people who wrongly named him as a paedophile on Twitter.Read

New BBC DG: We can get through this Nov 22 2012

The new director-general of the BBC has vowed to drag the broadcaster out of its crisis, saying: "I know we can get through this."Read

Opera House head to be new BBC boss Nov 22 2012

The head of the Royal Opera House, Tony Hall, has been given the biggest job in broadcasting after being appointed BBC director-general as the corporation acted quickly to move on from its crisis.Read

Cable backs Kay review of City pay Nov 22 2012

Business Secretary Vince Cable has backed an "ambitious" agenda to tackle the "quick buck mentality" in the City.Read

Hamas claims victory as truce holds Nov 22 2012

Hamas leaders in Gaza have declared victory over Israel and thousands of flag-waving supporters have rallied in celebration as the battered territory entered its first day of calm under an Egyptian-brokered truce.Read

Rainfall prompts flood warnings Nov 22 2012

People across south-west England are being warned of the risk of significant flooding as more heavy rain sweeps in.Read

ITV pays out £125,000 to McAlpine Nov 22 2012

Lord McAlpine has reached a £125,000 settlement with ITV and Phillip Schofield over an edition of This Morning.Read

Landlord tells of attack on fans Nov 22 2012

The landlord of a pub where a group of English football fans were attacked by 50 knife-wielding Italian thugs has described the horrific ambush.Read

'Long way to go' on EU summit deal Nov 22 2012

There is "a long way to go" before EU leaders at a special summit in Brussels can agree a long-term budget, Downing Street has said following a meeting between David Cameron and European Council president Herman Van Rompuy.Read

Leveson report set to be published Nov 22 2012

The report from the first part of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards is to be released next Thursday.Read

Minister defiant on prisoner voting Nov 22 2012

Parliament is on a collision course with European judges over prisoner voting again after Justice Secretary Chris Grayling insisted it had the power to maintain a ban.Read

Police chief refuses to reapply Nov 22 2012

A long-serving chief constable has resigned after apparently being told by his new boss that he would have to apply for his own job.Read

Taliban threat over gunman's body Nov 22 2012

The Taliban has threatened revenge unless India returns the body of a Pakistani man executed for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people.Read

Publication date for Leveson report Nov 22 2012

The report from the first part of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards is to be released next Thursday.Read

Leveson publication to be revealed Nov 22 2012

The Leveson Inquiry will set out the publication timetable for its report on Thursday morning, Culture Secretary Maria Miller has told the Commons.Read

Rise in 'club drug' health problems Nov 22 2012

Drugs services have reported a rise in people coming to them with health problems caused by taking the banned substance mephedrone, with some heavy users injecting it more than 20 times a day.Read

PM: Proposed EU rise 'quite wrong' Nov 22 2012

David Cameron has insisted the proposed rise in European Union spending was "quite wrong" as he arrived in Brussels for marathon budget negotiations.Read

Britain braced for more flood chaos Nov 22 2012

The UK is braced for another day of deluges and flooding as heavy rain sweeps across the country.Read

Cautious hope as Gaza fighting ends Nov 22 2012

A ceasefire between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers brought an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in years and possibly signalling a new era of relations between the bitter enemies.Read

Draft bill on prisoner voting due Nov 22 2012

Plans for MPs to have a say on whether prisoners should be given the vote is to be set out by the Government in the latest round of its long-running battle with the European Court of Human Rights.Read

Cameron in pre-summit budget talks Nov 22 2012

David Cameron is beginning marathon EU budget negotiations with a series of private talks in Brussels before joining a summit which could last into the weekend.Read

Councils warn of potholes crisis Nov 22 2012

The pothole problem on the roads is reaching crisis point, highway bosses have warned.Read

Which? challenges 'British' brands Nov 22 2012

Some high-profile brands are misleading consumers with country-of-origin "claims" that bear little resemblance to the reality, a consumer group has said.Read

'£1bn extra' academy roll out costs Nov 22 2012

An extra £1 billion was spent by the Government in the last two years on turning schools into academies, the spending watchdog has said.Read

Damning report on UK Border Agency Nov 22 2012

UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff dealt with a backlog of immigration cases so inefficiently that at one point 100,000 pieces of post were unopened, a report has said.Read

'New towns' bid to end homes crisis Nov 22 2012

Nick Clegg is calling for the creation of a new generation of new towns and garden cities to address Britain's growing housing crisis.Read

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